Work & commute · Melbourne

Work & commute in Melbourne, FL

About one in 4 of Melbourne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Palm Bay (11%), Rockledge (5%) and West Melbourne (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

9,942 of 35,525 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,583 Melbourne residents head out of town to work, 9,942 work right here, and 47,650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melbourne.

25,583live here, work elsewhere

9,942live and work here

47,650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melbourne goes to work

Melbourne (in town)right here

28%9,942

Palm Bay10.8 mi away

11%3,952

Rockledge15.3 mi away

5%1,611

West Melbourne4.2 mi away

4%1,433

Orlando47.3 mi away

3%1,079

Cocoa19.4 mi away

2%559

Jacksonville165.1 mi away

1%478

Viera West10.5 mi away

1%475

Merritt Island13.8 mi away

1%421

Tampa110.9 mi away

1%408

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%15,167

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Melbourne commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

17%

28%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melbourne is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Melbourne are

57,592 jobs are based in Melbourne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melbourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melbourne

57,592 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Melbourne residents hold

35,525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+24%

Jobs based in Melbourne, 2013 → 2023: 46,441 → 57,592. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.